davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24
THE STATE.
4 Los 10 the state.


Henry III. Brown, senior member of the
law firm of Brown a Thomas OF Battle
Greek died on the 18th in I at his resideu e
in that city, aged - years. His father
built the FIRST mill that was erected in
Ypsilanti His mother was a distant cousin
OF Robert T.. Lee AT the age of IA Mr..
Brown entered the naval school in Boston
The next year he went 10 South America
in the sloop of war Boston, returning
after two years cruise. He then spent
eighteen months on the western coast of
Africa, having for IA ship-mate the cele-
brated Arctic explorer, Kane. During
this cruise the ship visited the principal
cities in Southern Europe In 1919 Mr.
Brown was attached 20 the steamer Michi-
gan. He then went to Oregon where he
served two terms in the state legislature.
At the commencement OF the war he was
deputy clerk of Harrison county court in
Mississippi. AS soon as tho Union forces
obtained possession OF New Orleans he
went TO Cuba. He then came TO Battle
Greek, where he was soon arrested "a a
Confederate spy. hut after examinati on
wa, h9norablN discharged. lie studied
law IN the Office OF l.. -. Dibble ana be-
came ms partner. He has twice cen alder
man and was nominated by the democratic
=. rty for Il number of important positions
lie was an energetic business man and
prominent in al public enterprises. He
was the author of a system of condensed
printing ca lie "AleatypeS, or Steno-typo
graphy, together with thu elements of
''alog Apply o. syllable shorthand. He
was mason and an odd fellow. He has
been active in advancing the growth and
welfare of the city. In 1864 he married
Isabella A. Rockwell OF Battle Creek, who
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24
WANT More Room.

The count of the cash in the United
States treasury which is now in progress
has developed the fact that the vault ca
pacity is entirely inadequate for the safe
handling of the silver. The silver vault was
filled 20 its utmost capacity some time
ago and there still remained about s,0O0OOO
standard dollars which for want Of bet
ter place were piled in bags in the passage
way leading to the vault. In making the
count these bage had TO be removed TO an
outside hall where they now remain pro-
ected from outside interference by moth
ting but pine board partition. IL therefore
has to be guarded at all times by watch
men employed in the building who are
armed with revolvers during the day and
with repeating rifles during the night.
Every precaution.ha, been taken 10 pre-
vent its being tempered with while in its
exposed condition. The count will last
five weeks more and the silver cannot be
returned TO the vault room until that is
concluded. In the meantime work is be
ing pushed on the new silver vault au-
torized 10y the last congress. IL will have
storage capacity for lOlW0,O0O standard
dollars and will probably be ready for use
in September.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24
An AbOlitiOnist Gone.

The Hon. James n. Buffum, one of the
last. Of the band of abolitionists led by
Garrison and Phillips, died in Lynn, Mass.
on the l4th inst, aged 50 years.
The anti-slavery cause early enlisted
MIR. BuGum's sympathy and active coop
Grafton. He made the acquaintance of
William Lloyd Garrison in 1881, whose life
long friendship and esteem he retained
The Liberator dates its existence from
that year, and Mr.. Buffum was subscrib
er and constant reader during its continu
ance of thirty years. When Fred Doug
lass was dragged out of car on the east
ern railroad because of his color, Mr.. Buf-
fun heroicslly fought the mob. He and
Douglass went 20 England in lS45 to pro-
test against the free church of Scotland
keeping the money contributed To il by
the Shareholders Of America. The two
champions co-operated with Henry &.
Wright aud George Thompson, and held
anti slavery meetings in Scotland. Dur
ing that memorable trip Mr.. Buflnm made
friends with Golden and Bright, O'Con-
nell. Father Matthew, Richard ID. Webb,
Edmund Quincy and James Houghton.
Fortified Holsters. calms turtles and the
like are found I'm great abundance in the
Santa Catalina mountains in Arizona, at
"A height Of nearly ten thousand feet above
the level of the sea.
A Georgia paper says: Girls are wanted
in the Blue Springs neighborhood. Three
young men obtained licenses TO marry the
anne girl last week, and the third succeed
&c in capturing the girl.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24

The Germans are training dogs TO do
outpost duty in the army aud To perform
all sorts of military services. In addition
To the canine contingent the Prussians are
moblizing lot of hawks for the capture
of the French carrier pigeons.
The latest excavations nj the Acropolis
OF Athens have brought to light bronze
statue of Minerva Promachus, about a
foot in length. IL is said To be one of the
most remarkable examples OF Greek art OF
the period just prior 90 the Persian war
Edward Everett Hale recently told the
students OF Cornell university that the
best opportunity for studying human
nature was in the occupation Of a school
master.
Wapwallopen is the sweet idyllic name
Of Pennsylvania village.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24

DIR. Dujardin- Beaumetz Of the Paris
academy OF medicine, deplores the tenden-
cy OF the day 70 educate girls rs teachers,
irrespective of their natural bent.
It is estimated that about one-twentieth
of the silver coin is annually lost by
abrasion wear and casualties, an amount
in excess of the annual addition by coin.
age.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
A Very Peculiar Case.

In paper read before the section on
anatomy yesterday, DR.. T. G. schaefer,
of Chicago, related the history of case
in which young woman had her scalp,
including one ear andthe greater portion
of the eyelids, torn OF by machinery in a
Chicago factory. lie told how he had
cut more than thousand pieces of skin
from other parts of the woman's body
and engrafted them one after another
over the head, creating an entirely new
scalp from the back of her neck to the
crown of her head, ears, eyelids and all.
he exhibited series of life sized photo.
graphs showing the head az it was after
the accident, horrible sight, and as it
appeared at various stages of the treat
ment, until in the last of the series there
is picture of q fine young lady glowing
in health and wearing fine head Of
hair, although the latter was a wig, as
the transplanted skin would not grow
hair. The new scalp seemed to be lit
tight here and there. For instance, the
outer edges of the eyes are pulled up in
Chinese fashion; but all the doctors
who listened 10 the story and saw the
pictures pronounced it an extraordinary
and most successful operation.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
She got up and Walked.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September 5.
"A most remarkable case of "faith
cure" took place here last night. Mrs.
W. S. Jordan, wife of well.known
minister of this city, who had been con.
fined to her bed for year and half
with "heart disease" and complication
of other troubles, was thoroughly
"cured."
An enlissary Of "Christian SCIENCE"
from Boston, arrived in this city Satur.
day, and service of prayer was held at
the bedside Of the sick woman that
night. The service lasted two hours,
when, to the astonishment of all present,
Mrs. Jordan arose from her bed unaided,
dressed herself and started out into the
street. She walked ten squares before
returning home.
Yesterday morning she arose from her
bed, and, after partaking of a hearty
breakfast, went to church for the first
time in two years. When she entered
the church her most intimate friends
could not believe their own eyes,
although they saw her.
The affair has created decided sensa.
ton in the city, and her husband, who
is wild with delight, says there is no use
question: ne the "faith cure" in the
future.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
Saved From a Mob,

COLUMBIA, S. G., Sept. ia few
days since Charley Veal, a bright mulatto
IS years of age, attempted outrage upon
a little seven.year old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joyner, of 1Ninnsboro. A
meeting was held there to-day, at which
it vas decided to lynch the fend, but by
the strategy Of Sheriff Nc Carley, of Fair
field county, the inhuman rascal breathes
easy in Richlaud Jail tonight. Some
time before the train arrived at Wins.
boro people began to gather at the depot
Sheriff McC Carley, expecting trouble there
procured burnt cork and blacked the
criminal beyond recognition, who wend.
ed his way unknown through the angry
crowd closely watched by The sheriff
AS the train moved off the Sheriff board
ed it with the prisoner and arrived here
safely tonight. Had Veal remained il
Winnsboro he would probably have beer
a dead man before morning.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
Subjects for the Doctors.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 6.-The present
legislature has passed law which gives
to the medical colleges the bodies of all
who die in jails and poorhouses. Prin.
cipal Keeper Towers received dispatch
this morning announcing the death of q
colored convict named Todd, who was
drowned at Smiths camp, near Madison,
while trying to make his escape. The
doctors of the Anatomical Board claim
him for their own, and they will gel
him. The principal keeper will deliver
him to Secretary McRae through the
authorized carrier of the board. This
will be the first body ever dissected in
Georgia with the sanction of the law.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
The Georgia Barbarlty.

ATLANTA, September 8.-The exami-
nation of the convict lessees was resumed
before Governor Gordon this morning.
Nothing has occurred in Georgia in a
long time which has attracted so much
attention all over the State. The Su.
preme Courtroom was crowded to its
utmost capacity. Governor Gordon sat
as Judge, with Attorney General Ander-
son at his side.
The first part of the morning was
taken up in discussion as to the scope
of the investigation. It was finally
decided that the investigation should be
governed in the main by the usual Court
rules. The two convicts, VIM. Slaughter
and Hardy Mobley, who were so cruelty
beaten at Bingham's camp for giving
information to the penitentiary authori-
ties we're present.
Slaughter was first called. Tle said he
was whipped frat, for having difficulty
with other convicts, until the blood ran
in streams down his legs. he was kept
at work, and several days later when the
penitentiary authorities visited the camp
his sores had not healed. Slaughter is
serving twelve years. sentence for an
attempt to assault white girl.
Mobley, the other convict, swore that
Bingham had frequently whipped him
for being sick.
DR.. Willis Westmoreland, physician of
tie penitentiary, testified to having
examined these men a few days after
they had been whipped. The blood ves-
sells in the deep tissues, an inch and q
quarter deep, were cut. As to other
branches of the case, the doctor first SUBJ
mitted his reports in evidence. Some of
these, which we're surpassed by Cover
nor McDaniels, presented in striking
terms the true state of affairs.
At the afternoon session, DR.. Hauk,
physician at one of the camps, testified
that at the old town camp, of which T.
J.-James was lessee, James had been
paid $25 per month by the Hon. George
Jackson, the Augusta manufacturer, who
was sentenced to seven years imprison.
ment, in consideration of being exempt.
ed from work. Another convict, Coggs.
we'll also paid for his liberty. The
doctor said he knew of two convicts who
had died from being whipped. This
testimony was explicit and created a
sensation. The hearing will be resumed
tomorrow.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
Implantati0n of Teeth.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA man Of
about 40 years of age, short, pleasant
faced, and with the appearance of an
epicure, was watched with keen interest
this morning by roomful of dentists at
the Franklin School building as he per-
formed clinic in operative dentistry
upon portly Englishman, who lay back
in the dental chair. The clinic was
practical demonstration of the art of i'm
planting teeth. The operator was Dr..
William J. Youger of San Francisco,
and the operation was the result of a dis.
pute between him and an English dentist
who had stoutly asserted his disbelief in
the practicability of planting tooth in
a mans mouth and making it grow
there. The dispute was SO warm that
the Englishman offered himself as SUBJ
ject if no other person could be found to
be operated upon. 1t was not necessary,
however, to hold him to this promise, as
a fellow countryman was secured. 1t is
claimed that although man may have
bee1 without his natural teeth for years
the process which DR.. Younger has dis
covered will allow sound teeth to be in.
serted in the place of the lost ones, and
thus do away with that trite subject
the false tooth. By the process diseased
teeth can also be removed, cleansed and
replaced.
The operation is thus briefly described
by one of the dentists present this morn.
ing: "Dr. Younger takes sound tooth
corresponding in space to the hole left
by the missing tooth, ligates the gum
and separates it from the alvial process
and drills cavity into which he places
the tooth, and then ligates it to another
tooth to retain it in position"
In this mornings operation right and
left lateral tooth were successfully i'm.
planted.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
a. Railroad Collision.

SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. September 49,
On the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio Road this morning, at 4 o'clock,
the Atlantic express, west-bouud, while
running forty five miles per hour, COLI.
ded with a locomotive that was standing
on the track at Peoria, Ohio. Norman
Gregg, engineer of the passenger train,
was instantly killed, and his fireman,
name not learned, had both arms broken.
John Hibry, engineer of the single
locomotive, was fatally injured. Both
engines were completely demolished and
the track torn up some distance. So far
as learned no passengers were injured.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
An Ugly Affair at Rock Hill.


Rock HILL, Sept 12.-Great excite.
ment prevails here. Rev. E. G. Price
was cowhided by J. B. johnson for cir.
culating scandalous reports about John
sons sister. Friends of both parties are
interested, and more trouble is antici.
pated. Price leaves for North Carolina
this evening to be married. johnson
will follow on the same train, and some
one will probably be hurt. Price is a
Methodist preacher for county church
six miles from this place. johnson is a
member of one of Rock Hill's most
respectable families. The people are
indignant over the outrage.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
A Defaultlug Treasurer Returns.

srAUNToN, Va, Sept. 12.-John NJ.
Carroll, who two years ago disappeared
from Staunton, has returned. At the
time of his departure he was. city treas
urer. An examination of his papers
showed that he owed the city and State
between $4,000 and $4,000. His prop
erty, however, realized sufficient to pay
the Indebtedness. Carroll was supposed
by some to have been foully dealt with,
and not long ago an old we'll was dug out
in Richmond in expectation Of recover
ing his remains. For the past two years
he has been engaged in business some-
where in the North, and returned of his
own accord.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
Death of a Desperate.

PROSPERITY, September S.-This
morning Job Worth shot and killed Jas
Sadler, about FIVE miles from this place
sadler had sent Worth a message saying
he would kill him at first sight. This
morning while Worth was passing Sad
ler's house in wagon Sadler came out
and asked Worth if he had received his
message. Worth answered eyes" Sad
Ter, advancing, with knife in hand, said
he meant it, and Worth shot him dead
sadler was a bad man, and has served 8
term in the Penitentiary for housebreak.
ing. Both parties were young white
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15

An Atlanta correspondent of the Au.
gusta Chronicle, speaking of Ghe coming
Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta, gives
the following feature, which has been
arranged for the reception of the Presi-
dent. he says that new andI attractive
feature in the parade when President
Cleveland visits Atlanta will be an
equestrienne escort OF one hundred
young ladies. They will wear jaunty
uniform habits of blue and gray, will all
be mounted upon handsome saddle horses,
and will make most pleasing compli-
ment and graceful escort to Mira. Cleve.
land. The best young ladies of the city
will form q company under the captaincy
of Miss Strong.
= Colonel Thomas g. Jones, Colonel
of the Second Alabama Regiment, has
forwarded by express to the government
of Connecticut, the battle flag of the
Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers. It
was captured at Plymouth, N. c., in
April, 1864, by member of the Mont
gomery True Blues, which has reorganiz.
ed and is now one of the companies in the
Second Alabama Regiment. In his let.
ter the Colonel says: "The fag is
returned because of the indisposition to
retain nlemento of triumph of brethren
over brethren"
- Benton j. Hall the commissioner of
patents, in his synopsis of his annual re-
port furnished the secretary of the inter.
ior, says that the number of applications
for patents of all kinds received during
the fiscal year was 4O,675. For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1886, the number
received was S8,4OS, an average of over
three thousand applications per month.
The number of patents granted during
the year, including reissues and designs,
was 21,752.
- Prohibition is making decided
headway in Florida. Within the past
two weeks five counties have voted on
the question, and all went "dry," some
by large majorities,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15

"llow much did The -- lose p The
people of Columbia who read Charleston
news need not be told the name of the
bank; they know it. Again, said my
friend, in almost every city in the United
States young man who is growing up
and raising family on moderate wages
can secure home for himself on terms
that are within his means. He can't do
it in Charleston. The rich men of this
city think only of themselves. Some
times they build houses; frequently they
build negro tenements in disreputable
localities, and hand them over to agents
to collect weekly rents. There are 100
men in Charleston to-day who could
build blocks of decent houses and sell
them. to worthy and struggling young
men on the installmert plan, and make
money in the bargain. Rich men in
other cities do this but not those in
Charleston.
There is gentleman here whose in.
come is said to be 5000 day-I don't
know about the exact figures, but I can
take you to a dozen houses belonging to
him that are not rented; first, because he
won't keep them in decent repair, and
second because he wants fabulous rent
for them. Is it any wonder that the
young men of Charleston are emigrating :?
This is the picture that Charleston
presents to-day. 1t is true that the city
has rallied wonderfully since the earth.
quake, and doubtless she will survive
these last blows. A city that has sur.
yived 200 years of misfortune and disas.
ters can hardly be crushed by railroad
or steamship corporation, but the outlook
at present is not exactly charming. The
future of Charleston depends on what
her people will make it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-09-15
Gold, Gold, Gold!

AsHEy1LLE, N. G., September 1O.-A
large fortune has just been left by will
to the children of citizen of this place.
To Thomas billiard and Miss Laura Dill
lard, aged respectively fourteen and
eleven years, has been given the sum of
eight hundred thousand dollars each.
These munifcent legacies we're left them
by wealthy uncle who has recently
died in California.
1t appears that in the year 1850, just
before the great excitement about gold
attracted such tide of fortune seekers
to California, from Rabun County,
Georgia, went several men to try their
luck on the Pacific Slope. Among these
was one James McCurry. The party
stopped at Placerville, El Dorado County.
at the end of the first year McCurry had
saved enough money from his wages as a
miner to purchase fifty acres of land near
that place. This he did against the re-
monstrance Of his friends, but it soon
was discovered to be rich in gold deposits.
McCurry sold this property without
working it further than just sufficient to
develop it for sale, and for it he got from
Boston syndicate 100000. This was
the foundation OF his fortune and with
this he purchased other lands in that
section and found other rich deposits Of
gold on them. These mines he worked,
and it is said that the McCurry mines
were among the richest in that State, 80
remarkably rich then in this metal.
On the 22d of last month McCurry
died, and having never had any family
of his own, his property was left to his
relatives. Mr.. George W. billiard, a
lawyer of this city, married a sister of
James McCurry-a Miss Nancy Mar
garet McCurry. Mr.. billiard and these
two children, Thomas and Laura, sur
vive her. A copy of the will has been
received by Mr.. billiard, and it gives to
the heirs at law of his sister, Nancy
Margaret billiard, sixteen hundred
thousand dollars.
1t is thought much difficulty will be
found in securing guardisns for these
children. They are now residents Of
Laurens, S. e., but are to come here
shortly, and the letters of guardianship
will be taken out here. The laws of this
State require bond to be filed by guar.
dians in double the value of the estate.
In this case, even if a guardian were ap.
pointed for each child the bonds would
have to be for one million and six hun.
dred thousand dollars each. Then there
is the further legal requirement that the
guardian shall account for the interest
on his wards funds at per cent. per
annum, and this is compounded. Thus
are the difficulties evident in regard to
the management of these unusually large
legacies. The local papers contain
lengthy and minute accounts of the mat
ter. Mr.. billiard was formerly a mem
ber Of the spartanburg Bar, and is
known more or less in other sections Of
South Carolina.eDispatch to Neaos ant